UNI to host Total Solar Eclipse viewing party

The Department of Earth and Environmental Science and UNI STEM, with their partners at the Iowa Academy of Science, are hosting a viewing party for the Total Solar Eclipse on August 21 from noon-2:00 p.m.

The event will be held in the Rod Library in Room 287 and south of the Campanile.

At the viewing party, participants will be able to view the Total Solar Eclipse through a telescope or solar viewing glasses, download free apps to explore Earth and space augmented reality, and become citizen scientists by contributing to NASA's record of this event.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information click HERE.

A decade has passed since a large, EF-5 tornado tracked through portions of eastern Iowa. We take a look back at the tornado, and how the towns of Parkersburg, New Hartford, and Dunkerton have recovered.

A decade has passed since a large, EF-5 tornado tracked through portions of eastern Iowa. We take a look back at the tornado, and how the towns of Parkersburg, New Hartford, and Dunkerton have recovered.